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HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

Application filed June 13, 1907. Serial No. 878.852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. TURNEY, a citizen of the United States oiAmerica, residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and Stateoi Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHeaters, oi which the following is a speciiication, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in heaters, and more particularlyto that type of heater wherein gas is employed as a heat generatingmedium.

The invention has for its object to provide a heater wherein novel meansis employed for heating a large supply of cold air admitted to theheater.

My invention aims to provide a heater having a high degree of eiciencyobtained by a minimum expendi ture oi lfuel. To this end, I have deviseda heater, or as it'may be termed, a furnace, particularly designed forheating halls and compartments7 the heater or furnace being suitablysupported in the basement oi a building, whereby cold air will have freeaccess to the bottom of the heater. The top of the heater can beconnected direct to a register in the floor of a building or by conduitsor i'lues to the compartments oi the building.

The detailed construction entering into my invention will be presentlydescribed and then specically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion ofthe heater. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view oi the same.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the heater, and Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof a deilecto'r detached from the heater.

To put my invention into practice, I construct the lheater of sheetmetal, part of which can be galvanized to provide a durable structure.The heater consists of a rectangular casing 1 having its upper edgesbent to provide sockets 2 for a cone shaped hood 3 adapted to connectwith the register or conduit (not shown). Secured to the front and rearsides 4 and 5 of the casing 1 are cold air conduits 6 tapering fromtheir lower ends to their upper ends. The conduits are secured to thecasing 1 by bolts and nuts 7 or similar fastening means, and are adaptedto convey cold air to the interior o the casing through the medium ofopenings 8 formed in the casing I. i

The interior of the casing 1 directly beneath the openings S is providedwith brackets 9 for supporting a burner 10. The burner comprises atapering casing 11 having its sides flanged, as at 12, to rest upon thebrackets 9. In the upper end of the casing 11r is arranged a piece oigauze 14 providing two layers 15 and 16 against which the ignited gasimpinges, the gauze tending to retard the products oi combustion untilthey are consumed, and for spreading the ignited gas in order that itwill Contact with the cold air admitted to the heater. The lower end oithe heater is located directly over a gas jet 17 carried by a gas supplypipe 18 arranged in the casing 1, the supply of gas to said gasjet beingcontrolled by a conventional form of valve I9.

Fitting in the casing 1 above the burner l0 is a deflector consisting ofa iront plate 20 and a rear plate 21, said plates being flanged, as at22, and bent, as at 23 to engage in the sockets 2 of the casing I. Theiront and rear plates 20 and 21 extend downwardly in iront ofthe burner10 and provide cold air conduits 24 in iront and in the rear of theburner. v

Secured to the confronting faces oi the plates 2O and 21, as at 25, is aV-shaped deiiector 26 adapted tospread the ignited gas or products oicombustion, causing the same to commingle with the cold air admitted tothe casing 1 through the conduits 6 and the conduits 22n formed by theplates 20 and 21 and the flanges 22, also the lcold air passing upwardlyupon the sides oi the burner between the delector 26 and the Plates 20and 21.

The iront side 4 of the casing l is provided with an opening 27 aliningwith an opening 28 formed in the ront plate 20 of the delectorstructure, Hinged to the front side4 oi the casing l is a door 29 havinga channel shaped extension 30 upon its inner side for closing theopening 27 of the plate 20, without interrupting the passage of cold airin the conduit 22*L at the iront of the heater. The door 29 is providedwith a latch or lock 31 oi a conventional form.

It will be apparent that I have devised a heater or furnace consistingof practically four parts, namely, the casing 1, the hood 3, the burner10 and the V-shaped delector 26 located above the burner. These partsare easily and quickly assembled, and by providing the hinged door 29,the gas within the heater orurnace can be safely ignited.

Having ully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a heater, the combination with a gas supply pipeand jet, of a casing located over said pipe and having its upper edgeshanged to provide sockets, a hood mounted in the sockets of said casing,tapering cold air conduitsL carried by the sides of'said casing andcommunicating with the interior thereof, a tapering burner casingdetachably mounted in said heater casing and housing saidgas jet, gauzearranged in the upper end of said burner casing, a V-shaped delectordetachably mounted in said casing and having front and rear platesproviding air conduits, and means whereby easy access can be had to theinterior of said heater.

2. A heater consisting of a casing, a tapering hood carried by the upperend of said casing, tapering cold air conduits carried by the sides ofsaid casing and communicating with the interior thereof, a taperingburner casing located Within the first mentioned casing, gauze 'arrangedQ saires in the upper end of said burner easing, a Vshaped de Hectordetaehably mounted above said burner easing' and having plates providingair conduits, and means whereby easy access can be had to the interiorof said casing.

A heater consistin:` of a casing, a hood carried thereby, cold airconduits arranged at the sides of said casing and communicating with theinterior thereof, a burner casing detachably mounted in the firstmentioned casing, a V-shaped delector located above said burner easingand having' plates providing Cold :lr eunduis, :1nd means 1 whereby easy:leeess can be had io the interior ol' szlirl Rising.

In testimony whereof I niIX luy signature iu the )vreseuee of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM S, TUHNl'Y. Witnesses MAX II. Suorimrrz, C, V. humus.

